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Well it happened again. Another convert. Last night, a women waiting for a colleague asked me how high my boots where. She had seen me in several boots and decided to get some herself. I had my Jessica Simpson black faux suede knee highs with a 1 inch platform and 4.75 inch heel. I had plan on wearing my JS suede stilettos, but it was a drizzling all day, so as the memo states, you "don't wear suede in the rain." She had been looking at boots on-line and figure if I could wear boots with high heels, then she could too. Another high heel convert!!!

My favorite work boots are my Jessica Simpson suede knee high stilettos. But then all I do is talk, write, think, and go to meetings. I know, it's a tough life, but someone has to do it.

I remember over a decade ago when I switched to only women's shoes and got my first booties with 2 inch heels. The hardest thing was getting use to the click. BUT I'm in the too "old-to-care" group, buy and wear what I want. I just got a cheetah vest, so soft, and already wore it to a company holiday party with my 3.5 inch thin-heeled knee highs. Both the vest and heels got random compliments. I also like wearing short-shorts and sitettos knee highs in the summer, just for the mind blowing effects of it. I like my pleather skirt with knee highs. LOL

@mlroseplant have you tried double sided-tape? (for skin)

I have a large girth toe box which results in the vamp in pumps cutting into my tendons. I've even tried trying to put dense cell foam between the tendons and the vamp, but that didn't work. So NO pumps for me.

I had to keep it short in Argentina and Chile. Boy did I want to look at their heels because of all their leather from their beef production. Same thing when touring the hills above Brisbane, went into a woman's shoe store with my brother and his girlfriend. Saw some heels I wanted to try, but didn't. You got to read the room.

Since I wasn't a teenager until after 1965, it was more the mini skirts, hot pants, go-go boots and lots of sandals because it was a beach town too.

Just to have a different type. I've only been here for 7+ years. And my path is very different than others. Yes, I loved the heels that the girls in school wore back in the 60's to ... . And yes, I wish I could wear them too. And yes, I wore a pair of booties with a 2 inch heel throughout the 80's and 90's. But only I switched to only women's shoes 14 years ago after undergoing another painful reconstruction. I finally figured out WHY I was having so much trouble with my knees and ankles, and it was men's shoes. Then my podiatrist told me I needed a 2 inch heel to absorb my arch and stablize my feet. Later a major injury put me in 4 inch heels for life, hopefully another 30 to 40+ years. This site has help me grow from hiding my heels to celebrating and showcasing them, such as, knee high sitlettos over skinny pants.

Those could work for a secretary look. A bolder color for a CEO.

About 5 years ago I had a (much) younger woman thank me for wearing heels. She loved heels but had succumb to peer pressure and stop wearing them. Seeing me in heels everyday gave her confidence to again wear her heels. And she was happier. Yes, she liked sitletto pumps.

I've had the entire sole separate from the upper shoe. My skyhigh Speedlimit 98 lace-up wedges did that. One step was fine the next step was without the sole. Looked back and there the sole sat all by itself. Lucky I was just a few steps from my car, so I picked up the sole and hobbled to my car.

She probably sold it on EBAY and paid for 4 years of university at a high priced institution with the proceeds.

@Shyheels is there much rocking (waves) on the canals?

I wear heels to work almost everyday (maybe not once a year). I like 3.5 to 4.25 inch rise for my hip. I had a pair of lace up Sodas today with a 4.3 inch heel and .7 inch platform. I don't wear skirts (except at Halloween) but I do wear stilettos, both in booties and knee highs form. But then I might also wear my pleather pants with knee high boots (like I did to a busness party this pass weekend).

I was a state conference with 250+ people these last several days. Among the attendees, I saw too many to count 4 inch heels (other than mine) including several stilettos in that group, and many more low 2-3 inch heels. I only brought 3 pairs with me, two knee highs and one wedge. We also went to a casino one night and I saw many more heels there. My world, Cali World, has seen many, many heels the last few weeks.

I had a 40 hour nightmare of cancel flights, switching airports, delayed flights, and airport sleeping in my Sydney to LAX and then home in fall 2023. Wore my 4 inch booties for almost all of the time.

Another fine day of heels at work. 6 knee highs boots with 3.5 to 4 inch block heels. And two others in stilettos.

I have been flying domestically and internationally in heels for over a decade. The only extra issue is I need to take my heels off to go through the metal detector. The zipper sets off the machine every time. Knee high boots draw attention every time. But I have yet to travel in a skirt. Maybe one day (soon).

Yes, your eyesight is correct, it was a HE. That' part of what makes this a little different. It was a male manager and it was a male in the couple that made the remarks.

I had an interesting shoe wise day. I had 1.5 hours free in the afternoon today so I went to a large mall near work. First stop was the large Women's Macy's with a very large shoe department, saw nothing of real interest. Then over to an Aldo, nothing; then to the Steve Madden store. While I was looking over what they had, the manager told me he "could only last 3 hours at most in heels like yours." We chatted for a few minutes and I moved on. I looked at Norstrom's shoes, again nothing of interest. Walking back thru the mall, a young couple walk up to me and the guy said "i really like you heels." (I bet one day soon he will try a pair on.) Last stop was at Forever 21, I was looking for a small chain for a Halloween costume, but they didn't have it either. Exiting the store a young girl was filling out a job application, looked up and said "I just had to stop you and tell you how much I love your heels." Today I had a pair of Flexx straight leg jeans with over calf boots. So only a bit of the heel showed. It has been months since I had this much interest in my foot wear, especially in less than an hour and a half.

I called them mauve before seeing others responce.

"high level meeting" means executives from different groups coming together to discussion MONEY, hundreds of millions. I went "short", 4.25 with a 0.27 platform (inch) faux suede boots with a thin (not stiletto) heel. What did I tell you? I was surprise myself. That's why I suggested to Google the phrase and see for yourselve. You really have to love dogs to wear that 'doggie heel' above.

Even more proof that Cali World is very different. I was at a high level meeting with about 20 + people today, 11 women. Two 4-inch stilettos Three 3-inch block heels One 4-inch wedge Three 2-inch block heels One kitten stiletto One running shoe Then, while leaving the long meeting, I saw two more women in 2.5 - 3 inch heels. I saw this and I know your way with words. But this was an easy 'challenge', so I Googled "dogs in high heels". Up came hundreds of videos, tiktok, youtube, ... of dogs walking in high heels. Stores selling high heels for dogs. So now here's your opportunity to see dogs wearing heels. Have fun with your Google search.

The title of this is Cali World. That's because where I live very different. For example I keep seeing some heels. On Tuesday, two women came to my lecture with 3 inch heels. And this morning a woman was walking her dog with 2.5-3 inch heels.

I wrote a long essay in responce yesterday, and can't find what happened to it. I have a half dozen 4 inch heeled knee highs. Love wearing them especailly during the colder months. They're not cheap heels either. Haven't worn them under my pants since 2018. I like to show them off now, so in the fall/winter/spring I wear them over my sikinny jeans or cords. In the summer, I like the "mess-with-your-mind" look of stiletto knee highs and short shorts with a short sleeve dress shirt (sometimes a Hawiian shirt). The only thing to watch out for in this look is to be carefull not to get your heels caught up is the cuff of your pants as you walk; the trip after that is not fun.